IF YOU CANNOT FIND STAFF, HEADHUNT
Headhunting appears to be a boom business in Bangkok. If you're trying to recruit for specific positions you have a number of options including Internet and traditional media advertising, but trust me - you get a lot of totally unsuitable candidates applying. That's especially true with some job websites where a few simple clicks allow you to apply for many, many jobs.
My company has headhunted in the past because when you see someone that's doing a good job the easiest way to get them is to approach them directly.
Have you ever been headhunted?
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aloha
i have recently begun publishing here in thailand. to my surprise the response has been far better than i would have hoped.
my publications are property and business based. presently they are circulated in pattaya and i am hoping to establish phuket in october.
i would like to find some free lance writers. any takers?
also i tried to sign on rather than post anonymously but could not
arnawood
Hi Arnawood. If you want to send me details to bkkandy@myway.com I will add it to a list of opportunities that I have just started emailing to about 20 interested people every week.
I'm always on the look out for hard working people who have a real passion for their work, but saying that I've never actually managed to get one of them on my team due to the high salaries they are currently earning. A prime example is a programmer I work with who is based in Argentina... I asked him to work with me full time last month but when he replied his currently on $300k a year I had no choice but to wish him luck.
As for Thai job sites, jobdb.com is by far the best but you need to do one step to cut out the wasters... using a unique email address for that job campaign, set up an auto responder asking each candidate to complete 5 questions specific to their job role... you'll find 50% won't reply and you can go through the remaining 50% - Worked well for me anyway :)
The high costs are here in Thailand too. I wanted to recruit a senior reporter from The Bangkok Post and she's currently earning 45,000 baht a month. That's exceptionally high for a journalist. But I think you have to pay to get dedicated and ambitious people here.
Good point about jobsdb. One job I advertised had more than 100 applicants of which 3 were in any way experienced.
You have to pay to get dedicated and ambitious people anywhere in the world.
Unless you offer them a stake in the business...
I totally agree - pay peanuts and you get monkeys :)
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